Just Curious...How do you feel about project budgets? In this episode, Barbara and Fred explore the complexities of using budget as a tool for success. If you struggle with budget development and maintenance, this is the episode for you. With preparation and discipline, budgets can be your best friend for project success.

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Just Curious - Are deadlines good or bad for the design and construction industries? In this episode Fred and Barbara inspired by Episode 776 of This American Life, I Work Better on a Deadline, seek to understand the role of deadlines in the design and construction industries, exploring the pros and cons of working with deadlines as well as providing some insights on deadline management.

Five ways to think about deadlines for architects, contractors, and owners:

1. Break down the big deadline into manageable smaller deadlines.
2. Schedule decisions required to make each deadline.
3. Schedule and collect decision-ready information as required to meet deadlines - don't solve problems too early or  quickly if you do not have sufficient information
4. Create a sense of urgency early on in a project so that decisions and deadlines can be managed thoughtfully - don't procrastinate
5. Keep project values and principles up front to stay focused on why deadlines are important - For example, your project deadline may be part of a larger owner deadline.

Resources:  Episode 776 of This American Life, I Work Better on a Deadline https://www.thisamericanlife.org/776/transcript 

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Just Curious - How do great leaders keep their heads during challenging times? Fred and Barbara are inspired by Dave Gilmore from DesignIntelligence and his short podcast on "Keeping Your Head" (Ep. 168). How leaders manage challenges during difficult times can make or break your projects.

Dave Gilmore's Advice for Keeping Your Head includes:

1. "Keep your head, maintain common sense, refuse to accept baseless, factless, highly opinionated input."
2. "Pull your trusted team in and ensure you are all on the same page. There is no room for misalignment."
3. "Lift your head and secure client relationships. They need to know you are about their needs as your own."
4. "Plan your work. far too many are in reaction mode not planning, not maintaining strategic perspectives. Get the help you need to research, articulate, author, and execute."

Episode References: This is DesignIntelligence (Ep. 168) https://www.thisisdesignintelligence.com/2022-minicasts/lessons-leadership-keeping-your-head/

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Curious Teams is BACK with a new season of conversations about teamwork, leadership, decision-making, and values. This season we will engage other professionals on these subjects, share ideas that have inspired us, and discuss the disruptive future. Join us for the first episode of Season 2. 

Just curious...How do we make hard concepts accessible to the entire team? In this episode of Curious Teams, Fred and Barbara speak with Scott Pfeiffer about collaborating with technical specialists on projects. We discuss how Scott and his team at Threshold Acoustics engage the entire design and construction team as well as the Owner in difficult conversations about complex outcomes. Scott demonstrates how engaging the entire team has a big payoff.

See more information on Scott Pfeiffer, FASA at https://www.thresholdacoustics.com/scott-pfeiffer 

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Just Curious...What have we learned? 

As Season 1 of Curious Teams comes to an end, Fred and Barbara look back at season highlights and forward to an exciting Season 2 starting January 15, 2023.

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Just curious...what do leaders really know about motivating teams? In this episode of Curious Teams, Fred and Barbara discuss the next three characteristics/skill sets for Caring Sophisticated Leadership. Items discussed include: 4) Motivating the team; 5) Coaching team members to success or coaching them out the door and; 6) Creating Psychological Safety. Join us for this critical conversation about leadership.

Episode References: The Inner Game of Tennis - Timmothy Gallwey https://theinnergame.com

The Coaching Habit - Michael Stanier   https://www.mbs.works

Amy Edmundson - The Fearless Organization  https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6451

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Just Curious...What makes a great leader in the design, construction, and owner environments? Fred and Barbara discuss the first three key characteristics of effective leadership. This episode covers 1. Servant Leadership, supporting others to success; 2. Striving for Balance- Directing Clearly and Empowering Freely and; 3. Providing the Tools for Team Success. Join us for this critical conversation about leadership.

https://simonsinek.com/  mentioned

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Just Curious...Can you ask too many questions? In this episode, Barbara and Fred respond to listener questions specifically related to influencing team members. How do influence team behavior if you are not the leader? How do you influence the engagement of stakeholders? Join us to explore the concerns of real team members in action.

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Just Curious - Can there be too many choices in design and construction? Fred and Barbara discuss a Ted Talk by Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice, where he contemplates the exponential expansion of options and the consequences of that expansion. How does the availability of too many choices impact the design and construction process?

Watch Dr. Schwartz's Ted Talk at https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_paradox_of_choice

Also referenced is a podcast by Greg McKeon, Episode 142. The Only Business Metric That Matters with Jeremy Utley, https://GregMcKeown.com

Find Zamore Kit Homes  at https://www.brettzamoredesign.com/zkit

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Just Curious - Why do decisions feel so risky?

In this episode, Fred and Barbara discuss Decision Risk and Decision-Ready Information, exploring what creates risk in the decision-making environment and outlining criteria for preparing information for decision-making.

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